Stuart Slade, Exorcist, born 30 years ago, M.D, married to Katherine, residence Boston now moving to Arkham.

Stuart Slade wrote a latter, applying for a position at the University. It was routed to the school of Biology, which area of emphasis includes among others human psychology. Dr. Slade is written back to by the President of the University, Dr. Addleson, who says that the faculty is in need of guest lecturers. He will be contacted by the assistant professor, Alex Warden.

Doc's correspondence with Alex Warden results an invitation to hold a two hours a week course in an occult related topic. The topic is the witch-hunt in Europe during the dark ages from a psychological perspective. Both historical and physiological students will attend the course

Ridden his Model T AKA tin lizzie from Boston to Arkham, Stuart and Katherine take into a boarding house in the Uptown area.

Timbletown Arms. 111 W Pickman Street, has luxury apartments to rent, starting at $83 a month. The price includes laundry, maid service, and a full-time doorman. The penthouse apartments go for $120 a month. This is rather expensive, but the Slade's can afford it until they find a house to buy.

Immediately lodged, Slade puts an ad in the Gazette and the Advertiser

Response is poor, and the cases he receives are rather dull and not what he had hoped for.

Slade kills time by preparing for the course at the University, and visiting the library at the University, Stuart is impressed by the collection of books on the topic of occultism, and spend days here going through the indexes and skimming through books you've read about but never have seen. Thus, Stuart discovered the first trap in town.

*****

Charles Winston Cochroft got home to Arkham Thursday, after seven months of triumphal journey across America. Friday evening, the chief reporter of Arkham Gazette, Willard Peck, was granted an interview. The interview was printed Saturday in the Arkham Gazette.

	"We are delighted to have you back in Arkham. May I ask how long you plan to stay?" "At least for the next couple of months. The last 6 years of my life have been devoted solely to my work. I have had to deal with much scepticism and criticism and I am glad that it is finally over. I think I deserve a rest now, would you not say?" "You have become quite a celebrity since the publishing of the findings of Noah's Ark and before that of the tomb of Vlad Dracul. What has it been like these past months?" "Very rewarding Mr. Peck. It is an honour indeed to finally be recognised by one's peers."
Charles Winston Cochroft

"Let's talk about your Noah's Ark. How did you find it?"

"Well I'm sure you've been following the story in the tabloids, but I'll quickly recap. Since running to ground there several thousand years ago, the Ark of Noah had been frozen solid inside a glacier on Mount Ararat's summit. The ice has kept it marvellously preserved, although it's forward sections have been crushed under the weight of the glacier. Currently the site is still being excavated, but we have determined above all possible doubt that the boat we have found, is the Ark made mention of in the Bible. As to finding it, we were given a lead by a mountain climber named Piere Dungano, who claims to have spotted what he at the time believed to be parts of the bow of a large ship on Ararat's summit, some twenty years ago. The weather at that time was the hottest in Turkey's history and for a full month there was no snow on Ararat, a most uncommon occurrence. The glacier must have melted, allowing the unsuspecting climber a view of a section of the ark. Nobody believed him at the time. Reading about Dungano's claims I was convinced that there was merit to his story. I went to see him in January 1918 at which time he retold it to me. I believed him and here we are today."

"How can you be sure it is Noah's Ark you have found?"

"The question I put to you Mr. Peck is how can you still doubt? The measurements have been calculated to match those given to Noah by God in the book of Genesis. Scientists and historians are baffled at the enormity of the finding. They have no explanation as to how such a large vessel might otherwise have come to rest on the heights of Ararat. The only possible explanation is to assume that the flood we read about in Genises really happened. The samples of animal droppings and fur we found have been identified to belong to both domesticated and non-domesticated animals. We're talking lions, tigers, pandas, lama, rhino and many other exotic species. Most of these animals reside on other continents only, which would prove that the earth in Noah's time must have been one landmass. I myself am staggered by the enormity of the find. It has reshaped the way I always believed man's history to be."

"There is still some dispute as to whether it is Noah's Ark you have found and the artefacts you brought home are still being examined. How do you believe this discovery will influence our society? After all it will be the irrefutable proof that the Lord Almighty exists and is the true God?"

"The consequences of the findings are very far reaching and I daresay it will be a point of hot debate for many years to come. If the Ark of Noah is true, then it means that the Bible is true and if that is the case then God does exist. Do you know what this means Mr. Peck? We could, based on the validity of the Bible, assume that it was God who created heaven and earth and ultimately man. Does that not stand against the theory of evolution? Mind shattering to say the least."

"Let us go back several years to the finding of the Dracul tomb. That was the finding that placed you on the map was it not? How did you come to find it?"

"Plenty of research, an equal measure of digging and a spot of luck. A mild earthquake gave us a hand in the final stages of excavation. It collapsed a portion of the hill we were excavating, uncovering a second chamber some 30-foot parallel to the one we had found. The chamber we found initially, was totally empty, something we found hard to understand at the time, if taken into account that it was sealed and rooted some 60 foot into the heart of the hill. Why go to so much trouble to hide an empty chamber? I now believe that it had been placed there to deceive. Sometimes you can be right on top of something and still an eternity away. Lord knows how things may have turned out had it not been for the quake." "So you attribute the finding of the tomb to luck?" "Not at all. I attribute the success of that project to solid research. Without it we would not even have come close. I have no doubt that we would have found the real chamber eventually, but it would have taken us longer and cost us a considerable fortune more. In my profession Mr. Peck, you sometimes need a bit of good fortune and I am very pleased that a measure came my way back then when it did."

Willard Peck

"How can you be sure it was the bones of Vlad Dracul that you found and not that of some unfortunate peasant?"

"The signet ring and the coat of arms we uncovered, was irrefutable proof that the tomb and the remains therein was that of Vlad Dracul. Who in his right mind would have gone to so much trouble to conceal the remains of a commoner? *Laugh* No honestly, there was no doubt in my mind that the findings were valid. Ivan Ptrenschov, Romania's leading historian and Uber Jan Biefhoff, one of the most respected individuals in the field of archaeology today, validated my findings. That was pretty much the end of the debate."

"You are a man of controvercy Professor and at such a young age! Surely if the discovery of Vlad Dracul's bones was the event of the decade and perhaps the century then the discovery of the Ark may very well be the event of the millennium would you not say?"

*Laugh* "I would have to be a bold man to make such a statement Mr. Peck. Archaeology is a strange profession. You are lucky if you make one big finding in your career. I have had been fortunate enough to have two. I admit that I have had my share of glory, but that certainly does not guarantee me the prize. As we speak, archaeologists out in the field are digging for their place in mankind's annals, all of them hungry for the limelight and eager for the laurels. Let's give it another 79 years to wrap up both the century and the millennium and then decide shall we?"

*Laugh* "Speaking of which. Do you have any new projects going? What will be your new earth-shattering excavation?"

"I am currently involved in research that might eventually recover a giant, gold statue, or at least parts thereof, of a Babylonian King named Nebuchadnezzar. The statue by order of the king was made to his likeness and placed on the plain of Dora for all to worship. Whoever did not worship the idol according to the Bible, was thrown into a fiery furnace. Biblical texts state that the idol was 81 foot tall and almost 8 feet wide"

"Most impressive! Are you going to find it professor and if so, what happens to the gold?"

"If it exists and I believe it does if the Bible is anything to go by, then we'll find it. I have a nose for these things and I have a good feeling about this project. In fact I feel just as confident about this one as I did about the Dracul and Ark projects. My team of researchers is very capable and we will leave no stone unturned in our search for the idol. As for the gold, I'm damn sure we're not going to melt it. *Laugh*"

*Laugh* "Thank you very much for your time Mr. Cochroft. I wish you the best of luck for your new project."